Hair guard and template



May 24 1927.

y M. sci-"cKl HAIR GUARD AND TEMPLATE Filed April 6. 1925 MURRAY ScHlcK.

' INVENTOR.

A TTORNEYS.

Patented May 24; 1927. 1

i MURRAY sonreir, orI SAN ritaNersoo, eAL'IFoRNLa.

VHAIR ,GARD AND TEMrLATE.

Application fined: Alim .6, 1925. ,i serial no. 20,94..

My invention relates to lacombined hair guard and template adapted for useinY cutting or shaving the hair persons neck. My

be -attached to the back of the head with' rthe band passing over the foreheadlfso that thel wearer may himself ,trim or shave the hair at the Vback 'of his neck.- y of Y Y AMy template is preferably made of afthin I sheet o fgcelluloid or'othei` suitable material which may readilybe maintained inza lsanitary condition, andY when flattened forms substantiallya segment of a flat ring. f They device has'a slit-(extending inwardly rfrom each side edge suflicientfto ,allowthe guard' to V slightly-bend v4or .fold;soas,toa`dapt zitself to the shape of the head 'and a seriesbf vertical? slits :are providedfin the .bottom 1 edge; so that-.the guard may followthecurvay,

tures ofthe neck' vand .outline the; part' vto be shaved. g; 'f

By usingmydevice .it is not necessaryV for'V a person to have either a single or yadouble mirror t0 aid him inf shaving the vback of the Vneck or trimming the hair in the back to the-proper line, as 'it is Qnlyanecessary to shave downwardly from the guard,' practically operating by feel and not necessarily Y' Y bysight. i1, i ,Y

My invention willbe more readily :under-- stoodV fromthe following description inA con? nection with-thefdrawingsin which*-` Figure lis a developedview; of my-hairf guarda-nd template when ilattened Figure lQis aback view showing the man:y ner of the'cordfitting on the :backfof a perfsOlLS heaelmc c j ;w '5.-.-.2 Figure 3 is a side* view showing `the position of the cord vin reference tothe ears.

Figure 1 is a face viewofa wearer of my guard showing the clip and cord to bel fastened over the forehead. Y The guard as a whole is indicated by they numeral 1 and the construction is illustrated in Figure 1. This guard consists of a piece` of celluloid or other suitable material hav-k ing a convex curve 2 on its top edge cut to a concave curve 3 on its lower edge and having slightly curved or straight side edges 11. The shape of the edge 3 may be altered, v

and in manufacturing the device I would vindicate lines such as 5 and 6- to guide a purchaser in trimming the lower edge to secure the desired shape of trimming his hair that he wishes. It will be manifest that by altering the shape of the lower edge 3, a

at the back of a` template 1e designed te l It is preferable v,to have slits 8 -th'e dotted line'QO.y

The device-is easily made to suit different different une Win4 b-,ro'rfned an t'heback of the-neck,giving a different vshape trim.- The allow the device toy conform more accurately to the form of'a persons head. l

inwardly from eachj` side `to allow the device to curve or slightly overlapv at the sides when shapedgtoz a personshead. f

I, form eyelets 9 in the u lower end has Laseri'es of vertical. slits 7 toy extending pperV section 10- Qf thefguard,land eyelets 11 in, the' lower se'cf tion 12, through each of thesepairs ofeyelets threaded a cord ,13, thispreferably has agknot- 14 outside the eyelet. 9 and y'pa`sses-. on the frontfside of the 4guard as indicated byjdottedlinesatql and isthreaded through of the,V ccrds., llfpreferably .has-

clipj y16 madeof met-al, with ,an,eye17, to engagea knot 18and a spring,19toclamp thek oppofv. nsitecordrf. v

the-fhead as indicated in-Figures 2, 3 and 1.

lIt will be seen that pullingthecord causes the lowerportion 12to slide up :underneath thegendsv of .thevuppei-e, part 10, orl else this willg make a slight foldwhich willr follow along-.the lineof the slits. 8, as indicated by sized heads,y asy it canl be manufactured in large sizesand readily trimmed-down 'to suit smaller'heads or to fit children so that their hair mayfbe readily trimmed.vv

y device is' as lThe manner of use of y l y followsz-lf being used by a man to trim hisl own hair or' shavethe back-of the neck,

it VKwillbe placed over the head and secured as shown#l 'The neck andv lower end ofthe guard mayl thenbe lathered, and when the razor is drawn downwardly over the lower part of the template it cando no harm and will not cut until the razor engages the neck,

ywhen the hair may bev trimmed to the proper line without the operator yrequiring a mirror. My device may alsokbe readily used by women in trimming their hair at the back of the neck, especially those having bobbed hair. My device is also useful for enabling childrens hair to be trimmed at home without taking them to the barber.

My invent-ion may be considerably modified -in detail to suit particular types of hair shaving or trimming'a-nd may be madel to fasten to the head Vin a variety of ways.

Forrinstance a guard .or template may be the back of a persons head with t-heslitsV made of suitable sheet material to trimapersons beard, mustache, or side whiskers.' This would have a cord or suitable fastening device so that the person could secure the guard or template in theV desired position and thereby trim the whiskers, mustache, etc., as above described. The device may also be used in connection with various iniplements now on the market for cutting 0r trimming ones own hair without the services of a. barber. could be modied in shape to trim the hair to a proper line at the forehead, temples and around the ears. Y' n I desire that the claims, where not drawn specifically, to the single device as shown, cover other guards or templates which may be used for any of the above mentioned purposes.

Having described my invention what I claimis: I

1. A hair trimmingtemplate comprising in combination a sheet of material having an outline when -flat of substantially a` segment of a -iiat ring, a plurality offslit's extending inwardly from thelower edge of the template an'd a kcord `t0 secure the template to against a persons neck.

2. A hair trimming template as claimed in claim l, having thecord's attached in two places to the template and. adapted to shape t-he templatevwlhen the cords are drawn tight to the shape of the back of a persons head.

3. A hair `trimming template comprising in combination a sheet of material which when yflat is somewhat the shape of segment of a Hat ring, a plurality of straight slits extending inwardly from the lower edge of the sheet and aslit extending" inwardly from each end ofthe sheet and means to secure the template to. the back of a persons head with the straight slits. adjacent the back of la persons neck.

t. A hair trimming template as'claimedin claim 3 in which the means to secure thetemplate to the back of a personsvhead com- The template I have shown prises a pair of eyelets at the upper side edges and the lower side edges above and below the slits from theends and cords passing through each pair of eyes and said cords being knotted at the upper eyes to prevent their movement and being threaded through over a lpersons forehead.

the lower eyes and means to-secure the cords 6. A hair guard and template, comprising in combination a sheet of materialadapted to cover part of a persons head or face and form aguard for the hair thereon, said sheet being cut to form a template'outlining the hair to be shaved for" trimmed and a cord or the liketo fasten said guard'and template to a persons head, with alseries of slits 'extend`V ing inward from the template edge,adapted to conform tothe shape of'a persons head or face. e i Y r '7. A sheet of material adaptedy to beA fitted against the'l back of the lhead vhaving `means.

associated therewith for holding the "same in position and formed with slits along the bottom edge so-as to follow the'contour lines of the neck. c

8. A sheet of material as defined in claim 7 in which lines are 'laid off adjacent'the bottom edge allowing the user to shape the bottom edge by cutting the sheet along said lines.

against the back ofthe head formed with horizontalfslits extending thereinto from the side edges and flexible fastening-means for the sheet guided aroun'dthe forehead and engaging the side edges on opposite sides of the slit'so. as to Vallow the margins ofjthe slits to overlap for shaping the sheet. l

In testimony whereof I afhx my signature.

MURRAY'SCHICK.

9. A sheet of material adapted be iittedv 

